The Eigenfactor® Project is an academic research project co-founded in January 2007 by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West (pictured below), and sponsored by the West Lab at the Information School and the Bergstrom Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington.
Today we publish a white paper on ´traditional´ and ´next generation metrics´ for science, education and innovation in the light of greater ´openness´.
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment There is a pressing need to improve the ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties.To address this issue, a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals met during the Annual Meeting of The American Society for Cell…
E. Hazelkorn. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamsphire, 2nd edition edition, (2015)Formerly CIP. - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Preface to Second EditionIntroduction 1. Globalisation and the Reputation Race 2. What Rankings Measure 3. Impact and Influence of Rankings - The View From Inside Higher Education 4. Rankings, Student Choice and Recruitment 5. Rankings and Policy Choices 6. Reshaping Higher Education"Ten years have passed since the first global ranking of universities was published. Since then, university rankings have continued to attract the attention of policymakers and the academy, challenging perceived wisdom about the status and reputation, as well as quality and performance, of higher education institutions. Their impact and influence has impacted and influenced policymakers, students and parents, employers and other stakeholders - in addition to higher education institutions around the world. They are now a significant factor shaping institutional ambition and reputation, and national priorities.The second edition of Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education brings the story of rankings up-to-date. It contains new original research, and extensive analysis of the rankings phenomenon. Ellen Hazelkorn draws together a wealth of international experience to chronicle how rankings are helping reshape higher education in the age of globalization. Written in an easy but authoritative style, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of rankings and global changes in higher education. It is essential reading for policymakers, institutional leaders, managers, advisors, and scholars. "--.
